This update is so late it's not even funny. Hey, you in the back, yeah you, stop giggling! Anyway, my deepest apologies! I swear procrastination will be the death of me. Anyhow, here you go, and much thanks to my very special reviewers! You know who you are! Oh, and be warned, Word is acting screwy, so I couldn't use spell check, so please ignore any stupid spelling. Um, enjoy!
Takao looked... Different. His navy hair was still in a low ponytail, but his precious hat was no longer present, so wild bangs partially obscured his obsidian eyes. Standing in the messy hall, he was tall and gangly, and looked a bit like a skater in worn jeans and a loose tee shirt. He still, however, had the same goofy grin and boyish face.
"Guys, I can't believe you're here!"
Eyes shinning in excitement, he bounded over to them and soon had them both in a bone-and-ego crushing bear hug. Now decidedly ruffled, they managed to worm out of Takao's arms. Chuckling sheepishly, he put his arm behind his head.
"Especially you, Kai. Where ya been, Sourpuss? You had us worried!" Though he was smiling and his tone was light, his eyes had a serious look. Kai flinched, genuinely surprised at the display of concern.
"Well, I-"
"Ewww!" Takao interupted, "What's that on your shoes!"
The glare he recieved nearly made him run and hide behind Max. He had forgotten just how utterly horrifying Kai could look when pissed.
"Uh, what I meant to say was, uh, umm, pleasedon'tkillme-"
"What he meant to say," Max cut in, "Was that we'd like to invite you to join us tonight, we're going out with some friends."
"My hero!" mouthed Takao, grinning at his boyfriend.
Rei frowned, thinking about it. "Maybe... Kai hasn't been so well though..."
"We'll go, I'll be fine," said the Russian, arms crossed and smirking lightly. Same old Takao, foot forever in his mouth.
Max smiled brightly. "Cool, we'll leave in a few minutes."
"Hey, Rei said you had a cat. Where is she?"
At that moment, as if in reply to Takao's question, the sound of yowling, mad barking, and an explosion drifted through the wall. Fearing the worst, they raced outside.
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Fletcher was frantically trying to get at something under a small, light blue car that looked as if it had seen better days. There were various scratch marks low on the sides of the car, and two of the tires were flat, where the husky had bitten them open in his desperation to get whatever was under there. Takao looked heart broken.
There was a moment of shocked silence.
"My baby!" Takao cried, "Fletcher, what have you done! Why have you betrayed me so!"
Yowling, spitting and hissing was coming from under the car, apparently from Liang. Max ran over, and with some difficulty, started pulling Fletcher away. "Bad dog!" he ground out, trying to restrain the animal, Takao soon joining him.
"Heel! Be a good dog and heel!"
Meanwhile, Liang had bolted out from under the car and leaped into Rei's arms, still shrieking bloody murder. He winced when the feline's claws scratched him, breaking skin. Kai firmly steered the neko-jin towards the door. "Come on Rei, let's go inside before it gets loose!"
When they were both inside, door closed firmly beside them, they breathed a simotaneous sigh of relief.Liang, sprang out of Rei's arms and scampered off to sulk somewher dog-free. The golden eyed youth slumped back against the door. From outsie the sounds of Max and Tyson chasing their hysteric dog drifted in. Rei turned to face Kai, his expression apolagetic. "I'm sorry, this isn't exactly turning out to be a relaxing visit with friends, is it? I should've known, with those two..." he trailed off at the feel of Kai's hand taking his, fingers playing along tan skin.
Surpised, looked up to see the Russian smiling face, crimson eyes locking with his own.
"You relax, Rei. I'm fine as long as you are." He kissed Rei on his blushing cheek. "We're both just a bit rusty at dealing with Thing One and Thing Two. Besides," he said, smirking deviously, "I'm looking forward to your repayment." Rei narrowed his eyes in suspicion, not liking Kai's mischievious expression. "Repayment? What repayment?"
"Why, repayment for agreeing to come on this little trip, of course."
"What are you talking about? I don't-"
"Rei," Kai cut in looking at Rei's arm and frowning, "You're bleeding."
Amber eyes flicked down to find that yes, indeed, there was a thin line of blood trickling down to his wrist.
Kai pulled a small whit cloth from his pocket and cleaned Rei's arm. " I think there are some bandages in my bag, let's go."
Rei nodded, and they both made their way to the guest room.
"I don't think I want to look for some in the bathroom, anyway," the neko-jin laughed, "Who knows what's growing in there!"
Kai smirked, stepping over basketball covered in dried mud, "Probably enough mushrooms to feed the hungry."
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By the time the pair emerged from the guest room, Max and Takao had captured the misbehaving pooch and tied him to his dog house in the backyard. They were now sprawled over the junk on their couch, clearly exhausted. The blue eyed youth lifted his head from a snoring Takao's chest. "Uh, you guys can go and get ready, we'll call for them to pick us up later," sighed Max sleepily, as Kai and Rei walked into the living room. "Just give us... A minute..."
At that, soft snores began to sound from Max as well. The scene was kind of cute, if you ignored the half eaten slice of pizza threatening to fall from the top of the couch onto Takao's face. It made Rei smile lightly, a pearly fang slipping past his bottom lip.
"Aren't they cute?" he murmured, leaning his head on Kai's shoulder. "Yeah, right," the Russian snorted, wrapping his arm around Rei's waist."They're both snoring. There is nothing cut about that."
The neko-jin childishly stuck his tongue out. "At least they don't laugh in their sleep, like some people." Every now and then, the Russian would laugh in his sleep, and the neko-jin would have to wake him up; it was just too creepy. The first time it happened it had scared the ever loving bajesus out of Rei, and given him nightmares the week following. It wasn't that he didn't like Kai's laughter, far from it, but when he was fast asleep and started laughing like some evil villan from a corny movie, it was just too much.
Crimson eyes narrowed in indignation. "Hey, that's not fair!"
"Fair? Fair?" the neko-jin mocked, leaning in and giving Kai a heated kiss, nipping at his botom lip playfully, "I don't do fair."
"Hmmm," breathed Kai before capturing Rei's lips and pulling him closer, kissing him. "Fair enough."
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Once, I was having this awesome dream, in which I was laughing. My sister woke me, yelling at me. Turns out, I had been laughing out loud, and it was scary enough that she freaked out and woke me up. I decided Kai should do the same thing. So, I tried to make this chappie a bit longer, hope you liked! Review or I'll come back from the afterlife to haunt you.